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Homemade pond filters, garden ponds designs, backyard pond waterfalls

Consider visiting the water and pond keeping related web sites created by the Pond Professor for water gardeners and home improvement enthusiasts worldwide. Ensure clean clear healthy ponds using pond bio filters and UV clarifiers. Add oxygen to pond water using aquatic plants. These sites cover far more than pond and fountain pumps.

Previous Water Gardens Gazette newsletters These free water gardens newsletters cover wide variety of topics on all matters to do with water gardens and pond keeping including | algae control in ponds to maintain clear water | string algae or blanket weed | ultra violet water purifier control of pond algae | ultra violet water filter as they are sometimes called | green algae eradication using aqua ultraviolet

How to select and choose aquatic plants for your pond or waterfall system ... they all help in keeping ponds clean and clear. Choosing the right pond pump is however very important if you keep fish. 

Pond plants and garden ponds planting tip:-  How many aquatic pond plants? Here is a rule of thumb for deciding how many pond or aquatic plants to add to your garden pond. To each square metre of surface of the pond (or 10 square feet) .... 2 bunches of oxygenating plants or oxygenators, 1 water lily, 1 bog or marginal (shallow water) aquatic plant - these pond plants can also be planted around the perimeters of garden ponds. ...... all aquatic plants help to maintain a clean garden pond. If you are more interested in plants than fish then strong pond pumps should be avoided. For example water lilies do not like too much flow created by strong pumps and high waterfalls. Suspended algae are also plants and to keep water clear of suspended algae needs a UV light or ultra violet light clarifier sometimes incorrectly called sterilizer

Aquatic plants for your garden pond ... you need a pump if you keep fish 

The Pond Professor's main web site providing access to many articles on all aspects of ponds and water gardening with and without aquatic pond plants. Contains information on how to select optimum pond pumps for ponds and waterfalls and where to get a great deal on your pump

Wanting to know how to specify pond filters for clean garden ponds containing koi or gold fish, pond liners submersible pumps for your own particular waterfall and ultra violet lights? Then here is the site to help you. There are also articles on pond plants and submersible water pumps for ponds and fountains and waterfalls. Suspended algae are also plants and to keep water clear of suspended algae needs a UV light or ultra violet light clarifier sometimes incorrectly called sterilizer

Wide range of articles on maintaining clean and clear (algae free) garden ponds, and choosing right pump for your water features and backyard waterfalls

Installing a garden pond and waterfall can be easier than you think. To keep it clean and clear it is important to understand how a fish pond operates. Aquatic plants also help in keeping a pond clean ... but do get the right pump if you keep gold fish or koi in your pond

Do you know the volume of your garden pond? You should for very good reasons. Keeping a pond clean clear and healthy using pond filters is simple and very important. The surface area of a pond is a good way to assess how many aquatic plants can be used in a pond. Understanding your pond volume will help you to choose the economic low cost pond pump including the waterfall requirement. This information also required for UV or ultra violet clarifier specification .... Suspended algae are also plants and to keep water clear of suspended algae needs a UV clarifier sometimes incorrectly called sterilizer

Pond algae control and clear pond water and waterfalls

    If the fish pond algae problem is not resolved in a garden pond it is very likely that the fish will eventually die. The reason is that green fish pond algae are plants and therefore need oxygen to photosynthesise. Pond algae control using aqua ultraviolet is the only truly effective way.

    If the population of green fish pond algae is very large they can remove all the oxygen from the water thereby suffocating the fish. Other harmful conditions start to appear in untreated green water situations. This makes it obvious that pond algae control is essential for pond health and appearance.

    Large quantities of dead green fish pond algae can also sink to the bottom of the pond and create another serious health problem for the fish as the green algae decomposes.

Clean and clear garden ponds for koi or goldfish need the right pond or waterfall pump ... by the way koi eat pond or aquatic plants. Algae cause ponds to go green and murky

The heart of a garden pond especially when fish are in the pond is a the pond and waterfall pump. Larger natural ponds heavily planted with aquatic plants may not need a pump

A pond or waterfall pump is used to circulate water to ensure that the oxygen dissolved in the pond water reaches the bio filter. This bio filter is important to make sure clean and clear water is always available to the gold fish or koi. Of course oxygen is very important to the goldfish and koi themselves too. Oxygenators plants exist to improve oxygen levels in garden ponds. Suspended algae are also plants and to keep water clear of suspended algae needs a UV light or ultra violet light clarifier sometimes incorrectly called sterilizer

Pond and waterfall pumps help to clean ponds. Pump water through an UV light before the pond filter to control suspended green algae

A waterfall driven by the right sized submersible pump is a means of creating not just a soothing tranquil background sound. It helps to aerate water to assist in keeping a garden fish pond clean clear and healthy. Do not let water impinge on water plants in your pond especially water lilies. Continuous flow to the UV algae control clarifier is also needed 

To be able to choose the right submersible pump for a waterfall is made easy here. In simple terms the waterfall pump needs information on height and lip width. Many waterfall arrangements have a special area where aquatic plants are grown so that the pond fish cannot eat them

Pond pumps are the very heart of any fish pond. Pond pumps need careful consideration

It is when something goes wrong that you need a supplier of pond or waterfall pumps  that will give you immediate attention. Remember the biofilter cannot wait a week while someone checks out your pond pumps fault. Make sure that the retailer who sells pond pumps carries spares and understands your pond pumps need to run all the time if you keep fish. Insist that fish pond pumps are checked in your presence and do not be put off by any other story. Remember it is also important to prevent ponds going murky through growth of suspended algae that a pump must supply the UV clarifier continuously

Some well known brands ponds and waterfalls pumps

Cyprio pumps and pond filters | Oase pond and waterfall pump systems | Hozelock pond and fountain pumps | Beckett water garden pumps | Little Giant pond and waterfall pumps | Danner pumps made in USA | Focus South African pond and water fall pumps

Home Page this site ...Pond waterfalls ... how to choose the right submersible pump and get good aeration for clean pond environments.

A waterfall feature, or fountain with a few aquatic plants possibly add character to any garden and home. Small fountains normally mean only small specially designed fountain pumps are needed. Small systems tend to go green from suspended algae quickly. An UV clarifier can resolve this problem permanently

Keep your waterfall, fountain and pond clean and clear yet save money on the right fountain pump .... if you install a UV clarifier to control green suspended pond algae you will certainly need a pump. A pond filter is important if you have fish. For simple fountain ornaments there are numerous pond clear chemicals available. Even the smallest fountains or features can have aquatic plants of the miniature type

Garden and pond water fountains with or without fish need to be clean. Consider a few small aquatic plants and choose a fountain or waterfall pump carefully if you intend to have an UV clarifier 

Low cost fiberglass ponds, waterfalls and water features make water gardening simplicity itself and adding a few pond plants is easily accomplished even in small water features such as barrels. Barrel type features do not always need a submersible pump if planted well and have only a few small gold fish. UV clarifiers prevent green water caused by suspended algae

Lightweight, strong and totally weatherproof fountains, ponds and waterfalls made form fiberglass. Modern natural looking waterfalls and water features make it low cost and easy to install highly attractive water features indoors, or outdoors. Complete the feature with a few well selected pond plants and a suitable water feature pump if required. If you have persistent murky green pond you may to buy an ultra violet light to control algae.

Fiberglass water features, and waterfalls easy to install, add a couple of aquatic plants and a small pump easy to keep clean with a pond filter. To keep clear consider ultra violet (UV) light

All round source of articles for UK pond keepers and water gardeners ... many of the aquatic plant developments took place in the UK. Site is called ponds and pumps. Find out how to select your pond or waterfall pump and ultra violet (UV) clarifier here ... UV kills pond algae

I learned a lot about water gardening products from selling UK pond products such as biofilters for clean and healthy ponds over the last 11 + years. Places like Stapeley Water Gardens have magnificent aquatic plant displays.  http://www.aboutbritain.com/stapeleywatergardens.htm I started off by selling the Lotus pond and waterfall pump range made in UK and Italy. Blagdon and Hozelock make excellent pumps for UK submersible pond and waterfalls pump market

Water gardening and clean clear (assisted by UV light) ponds and submersible waterfall or fountain pumps in the UK

Need a water heater or water softener for the home or pond? ... learn how to choose the right product for your home especially. Most large koi ponds in the colder climates these days have automatic water heating systems installed. Water is pumped through a heat exchanger normally. Standby pond and waterfall pumps are necessary to prevent failures. Good links to pond algae control using UV or ultra violet light as well as pond and waterfall pumps

This is a new web site geared to providing links to important articles about clean clear and healthy pond keeping. It also provides link to other water products used in the home such as water heaters. Koi ponds use winter water heating extensively especially in UK and USA where there lots of very serious koi keepers who wish that the pond fish maintain growth throughout long winters. This means pond water must be heated and maintained at about 15 degrees C. Good links to pond pump and pond algae control articles

Real ponds, waterfall, water heaters, water filters and water softeners. Sophisticated koi keepers pump water through heat exchangers during winter to warm up pond water 

Keeping pond fish and koi in South Africa ... lots of sun means extra special attention to clean and clear ponds is wanted (UV controls pond algae). Pond plants alone cannot keep a fish pond clean and clear normally. Make sure you choose the right Focus pond and waterfall pump. Tables and charts make waterfall pump selection very easy and reliable especially if you want to save money on your pond or waterfall pump choice.

This site is differently designed to cater for my normal customers who live in my own country South Africa. Our long hours of sunshine pose special pond cleaning problems. UV light is very essential for clear ponds here and the more aquatic plants are used the better in order to provide oxygen through photosynthesis process. This site is especially useful for Focus pond and waterfall pump selection including pumps for waterfalls and fountains and ultra violet (UV) algae control using UV light

South African koi ponds and bio filters for clean clear ponds. Always consider a few aquatic plants. Choose pond and waterfall pumps confidently and also control green algae

Peter J May is one of the best practically minded water gardens and landscapers you will find. Peter lives in England and has written a pond book called The Perfect Pond Detective. Peter is a wealth of information on aquatic pond plants, pond algae control using UV and submersible pumps too. If you want to build your own waterfall you need Peter's book.

 Looking for real practical advice on building ponds of all shapes and sizes as well as formal and informal waterfalls, streams and above ground ponds or fountains? Peter's articles advise on best pond plants to use in and around the pond. He can also advise UK visitors on correct pond pump selection, bio filters and UV clarifiers used to control pond algae and murky pond water

Peter J May the perfect pond detective ... biofilters, uv clarifiers, pond pumps, waterfall design and construction, plant aquatics too

Save money on the right type of home water heater ... gas, oil or electric. And if you are thinking of heating a koi pond then do understand the principles well

 Learn how to choose the perfect economical and value for money hot water heater for your home, or RV.

Winter heating of large koi ponds needs reliable and efficient pond and waterfall pumps. Reliability of the pump is especially critical

Clean and clear fish ponds (clear ponds need uv lights to control suspended algae) ... this is what you want all the time and pond plants help and pond and waterfall pumps are essential if you keep gold fish or koi 

Fish ponds free of ammonia and nitrite impurities are clean fish ponds even though the ponds concerned might be green or cloudy. This is the most important function of pond filters. Of course pond filters remove some solids too but the primary job of pond filters is to purify the garden pond water ... I cannot stress this too much. By all means also use aquatic pond plants to help this cleaning process. Make sure you also choose the right pond and waterfall pump. Bio filters do not remove pond algae ... to keep a pond crystal clear needs more than a filter. It needs an UV clarifier for algae control

Aquatic plants in a garden pond supplement action of bio filters, ultra violet (UV) lights and submersible pond and waterfall pumps in keeping any pond clean and clear

We supply water garden products, pond pumps, bio filters for clean healthy pond water, UV lights for pond algae control, koi food and fibreglass water features, as well as lawn and garden products all over South Africa ... Cape Town, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, George, Pietermaritzburg, Welkom, Middleburg, Welkom, Newcastle, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark, Bloemfontein, Rustenburg, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KZN, Kwa Zulu Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, Northern Province and all other South African towns,


Revised: 09/06/06.